Safety bottle-holder.



S. H. TARBET 81 L. CABBELL.

SAFETY BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. 1915.

Patented July 11, 1916.

LIQUfiUY.

MA I I 6 S 8 s Tnwempm SIGEL HAMIVIAT TAR'BET AND LEONARD CABBELL, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

SAFETY BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July H, 1916.

Application filed February 15, 1915., Serial No. 8,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIGEL HAMMAT TARBET and LEONARD OABBELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

()ur invention is a holder for conveniently carrying milk bottles.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheaply made, simple, sanitary, convenient, and durable device of this kind.

It comprises a clamp made of spring wire and adapted partially to encircle the neck of the bottle, the ends of the wire being bent outwardly and backwardly upon the areshaped portion of the clamp and terminating in eyelets, together with a bail having terminal loops engaging the respectlve eyelets.

It also comprises the parts, improvements and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The drawing shows a bottle holder made in accordance with the principles of our invention, the bail being shown as laid out flat with the clamp.

The clamp proper is made of rather heavy and strong spring steel wire the middle portion E of which forms a half circle, corresponding approximately with the periphery of the neck of the bottle just below the head or bead. The wire is extended, however,

equidistantly from both ends of the half,

circle along the are of the circle as indicated at B, B so that in all it forms about threefourths of the entire circle. Then each end is turned in a curve outwardly and backwardly upon the main portion of the clamp as indicated at C, C, to points diametrically opposite each other, corresponding with the imaginary ends of the half circle, and each end is there formed into an eyelet D for securing a bail thereto. The clamping portion proper and the outwardly and backwardly turned portions and the eyelets are in the same plane. The bail A is made of spring steel wire with terminal loops F, F, the loops engaging the respective eyelets.

The device is usedby clamping the clamp onto the neck of the milk bottle just below the head or head. The outwardly curved ends facilitate applying the clamp to the neck of the bottle. The portion of the clamp beyond the half-circle portion serves to prevent the clamp from slipping off; and since the clamp is made of quite strong spring steel wire, the clamp is not liable to become accidentally disengaged; at the same time being sufficiently resilient to permit pushing onto the neck. When the bottle is carried, the bail of course is in vertical position, and at a right angle to the clamp, which is in horizontal position. The arrangement of the eyelets makes the terminal loops of the bail stand out from the neck so as to clear thehead or bead of the bottle. The device may be easily removed from the bottle by pushing it off, or by simply manipulating the bail to accomplish the same purpose.

It is a feature of our invention that the clamping member is substantially flat and that the whole device, when the bail is laid over flat with the clamping member is also substantially flat except for the slight pro jections at the pivots. The device can, therefore, be easily carried in the pocket, or purse, or other receptacle, without inconvenience, and yet be ready for use when it is wanted. Also it is easily cleansed and sanitary, and can be made without undue projections or hooks.

What we claim is 1. The combination of a bail formed with terminal loops, and a clamping member of spring steel wire formed as to its middle portion into a half circle and thence continuing from each end of the half circle equidistantly so as to form in all approximately three-fourths of a circle, the ends being thence bent outwardly and backwardly in a curve and formed at the extreme ends into eyelets that are diametrically opposite to each other, said loops engaging said eyelets, said clamping member and its said parts being all substantially in the same plane, and said loops being substantially in planes at right angles to the plane of said bail.

2. The combination of a bail formed with terminal loops disposed in a plane substantially at right angles to the plane of the bail, and a clamping member of spring wire formed to embrace more than half and less than all of the circumference of a bottle below the head thereof, each end being turned outwardly and backwardly upon the main embracing portion of the clamping member and terminating in eyelets engaged by said respective loops; said clamping member and its said parts being all in. substantially the same plane.

8. The combination of a bail formed with terminal loops, and a clamping member formed partially to surround the neck of a bottle below the head, said clamping member being of spring wire, the ends being bent terminal loops, and a clamping member formed partially to surround the neck of a bottle below the head, said clamping memher being of spring wire, the ends being bent.

outwardly and backwardly and terminating 111 means for engagement by the respective loops.

5. A holder for bottles or analogous arti cles comprising a gripping member consisting of a single piece of resilient wire bent to form an open loop adapted to be sprung on the neck of the article and forming forwardly and outwardly projecting portions adapted to engage the neck of the article to facilitate the springing of the gripping member on the neck of the article, the ends of said wire being bent back toward the middle of the loop and forming eyes at their ends, and a bail pivotally secured in said eyes for supporting said article.

SIGEL HAMMAT TARBET. LEONARD CABBELL.

EDWARD BLACK.

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